thematic exploration
the museum of the surrealists
The museum’s collections present a different idea of art and beauty: the “strange” artefacts from the four corners of the world fascinated surrealist artists and writers. This exhibition explores the link between the “primitive arts” and the Surrealists, who lead the art world of the 20th century to question its own postulates. On the wall of this “museum of the surrealists”, masks and other artefacts give a voice to Guillaume Apollinaire, Tristan Tzara, André Breton, Antonin Artaud and Max Ernst…
See the museum of the surrealists’ programme (in french)
the explorers
For six centuries, man has travelled the world in search of new nations, civilisations and cultures. Equipped with your virtual planisphere, set off in the footsteps of Marco Polo, James Cook, Bougainville, Michel Leiris or Mary Kingsley…: discover their great journeys.
See the explorers’ programme (in french)
e-briefcase n°1: "Images to think about the Other, the myth of the good savage at the Colonial Exhibition of 1931"
Inherited from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the myth of the good savage crystallizes around the figure of a mythical being which comes from an archaic society still in the state of nature. Using the numerous resources in this educational module you will discover how this utopia crossed history, from the discoveries of the 16th century to the 1931 World’s Fair.
See the e-briefcase n°1 (in french)
e-briefcase n°1: "Images to think about the Other, the myth of the good savage at the Colonial Exhibition of 1931" (copie 1)
Inherited from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the myth of the good savage crystallizes around the figure of a mythical being which comes from an archaic society still in the state of nature. Using the numerous resources in this educational module you will discover how this utopia crossed history, from the discoveries of the 16th century to the 1931 World’s Fair.
See the e-briefcase n°1 (in french)
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